Chapter 372 – Head Sign

Inside and outside of the large hall dedicated to the True Martial Emperor, incense was in full bloom.

An aged Taoist with a solemn face quickly stepped across the threshold, seeing a tall back figure in white, the old man fixed his mind, slowed down his steps, and stood side by side.

The figure is taller than the average Northern Liang man more than inches of white people, is actually a young woman, face vaguely colorful, probably this is the so-called precious solemn, like the Bodhisattva descended.

Elderly Taoist is here to take over the chime homework, although he is the highest seniority in the Wudang Mountain, but also in charge of a mountain precepts for dozens of years of the great real people, but is still a matter of personal attention, when he just approaching the hall, detected her unusual qi, the old Taoist knows, accurately said that she was the first to find out that she was the first to intentionally reveal the traces of.

The old Taoist followed her line of sight, saw a devout believer is on the futon three kneeling nine kowtow, although the body bone weak to the extreme of the old and thin years, bowing to the etiquette but meticulous.

The old Taoist monk has been most familiar with this, when he was young, he was brought to the mountain by his master Huang Manshan to practice, and Wang Chonglou Song Zhiming they are master brothers, now nearly 100 years old, so the old man is now watching people burn incense has been nearly eighty years.

The old man lamented, “The world seeks immortals with white heads, for long life, for relief of sorrow, for no suffering.”

The tall woman in white blandly said, “Then why do you Wudang Mountain want to cut off the thoughts of the world’s practitioners?”

The old man was none other than the Wudang Palm Ruler Chen Careless, the senior brother of the former Sect Leader Hong Zaixiang, and the senior uncle of the current Sect Leader Li Yuaxe, the old man laughed sparingly, “Patriarch Tantai, the poor Taoist only knows about the rules and regulations on this mountain, and it’s still quite clear as to what should be done and what shouldn’t be done, but if one were to ask the poor Taoist about the art of longevity, or a bigger question, one would be really asking a question about blindness. If you had climbed the mountain earlier, Poverty Road’s Master, Senior Brother, and Junior Brother, all three of them would have been able to answer, or even ten days earlier, the Sect Leader would have been able to answer.”

Tantai calmly withdrew his eyes and looked up at the imposing statue of Zhen Wu Da Di, towering over the earth, “Is it hard to figure it out? Or do you not want to understand? Why did the Spring and Autumn Period end and why did the Central Plains sink? It is because a small group of powerful warlords blocked the path of ascent for the entire world. It is obvious that if the current Emperor Liyang rejects the white-clothed and humble clansmen and promotes the sons of the royal families to fill the temple hall, the Qi of Zhao will not last as long as it should. Flowing water does not corrode and a door hinge does not become worm-eaten, how simple the reasoning is.”

The old realist smiled and nodded, “Patriarch Tantai is right.”

Tantai Calmly asked again, “Could it be that Wudang Mountain’s ambition is so great that it wants the entire earth to become a cutthroat clan?”

The old realist asked in return, “In the eyes of Patriarch Tantai, are earthly mortals to be inferior to heavenly immortals?”

Tantai Calm somewhat rudely stretched out his finger and pointed at the statue, “Is it not? Then why is this statue able to sit high and look down, making people willingly bow down and enjoy a thousand years of incense?”

The old man is not annoyed by this former southern qi practitioner leader’s disrespectful demeanor, shook his head and said, “Or poor Tao’s previous sentence, the world’s head to seek immortals, is the heart of the request, poor Tao also dare to make an inappropriate analogy, this is just like the mountain officialdom or the marketplace, and ask for favors, it is always necessary to piggyback on some meet and greet gifts, and talk with people is always a few minutes of the voice. Things are like this, reason is like this, but this does not mean that the person who is being begged will be able to act recklessly.”

Originally not talkative old real people actually opened the box, words slightly heavy a few points, “I heard that the heavenly immortals, good at angling for the earth’s qi, people’s life expectancy, the country of the country, are under control. If only the heavenly way is merciless, so not to people evil and early death, not to people good and longevity, in fact, no harm, but just put yourself in the shoes of, think of even their own marriage, life expectancy, fortune and many other destinies, are all manipulated by others, and how sad it is? The poor Taoist master once said with our six brothers, heaven walks healthy, the gentleman to self-improvement, willing to fight for the fate of the ill-fated, do not want to enjoy the good fortune of life, do not want to have a fixed number of things. Although we Taoist priests are people outside the square on the mountain, we must not forget that we are still people of the world, who live and die in the world.”

From Lu Zu to Huang Manshan, to Wang Chonglou, Song Zhiming, Yu Xingrui, Wang Xiaoping, and Hong Zaixiang of Chen Cao’s generation.

All of them did not live forever.

Some can’t and don’t want to, like Song Zhiming and Chen Cao.

Some are able but unwilling, such as Wang Chonglou and Yu Xingrui.

Some of them don’t care, such as Hong Zaixiang and Wang Xiaoping.

Chen Cao suddenly laughed, turned his head to look directly at the land god who is said to have been in the realm of celestial beings, without fear, “On earth for a hundred years, how many people can ascend? Among the handful of characters, who hasn’t been an Exiled Immortal who descended to earth? Why, who does Sovereign Tantai want to be a lobbyist for? The poor Taoist only knows that the ‘person’ who made Patriarch Tantai act in such a manner would definitely not be this True Martial Emperor.”

Tantai Calm frowned.

An odd smile spread across the corners of her mouth as she asked, “Then have you ever wondered if Northern Liang King Xu Fengnian and your Sect Leader Li Yuaxe are exiled Immortals? And why did they favor them to commit great treason in this life? ~”

Chen Carefree was full of a heavenly look and said smilingly, “Poor Taoist one who is only in charge of Wudang’s precepts, what does he care about those?”

Tantai Calm’s face was cold, “What a Wudang Mountain! Worthy of being Lu Zu’s dojo!”

Chen Careless still smiled, “I am flattered.”

Tantai Calm turned to look, his eyes snowy white.

Yu Xingrui was standing outside the threshold of the great hall.

However, she was looking directly at the small Lotus Peak beyond the large Lotus Peak.

In the next moment, her figure dissipated.

Yu Xingrui, who had hurriedly arrived, was as relieved as Chen Careless slowly walked towards this senior brother, and the old realist, who was known for his unsmiling ways in the world, made a rare jest and said, “Senior brother Yu, hurry up and wipe off your sweat.”

Yu Xingrui worriedly asked, “Just let her go?”

Chen Carefree said expansively, “The fact that she is willing to show up at this time shows that she has not moved to kill for the time being. Think about it, the king is on the mountain, Deng Tai’a is there, Li Dangxin is there, and there are so many great masters present, who would dare to act wild here, she is not Wudi City Wang Xianzhi after all.”

Yu Xingrui nodded his head and said, “That’s also right.”

Chen Careless suddenly asked, “Have you really thought about it?”

Yu Xingrui said in a deep voice, “Not quite the same as you all, I, Yu Xingrui, am ultimately a native Liangzhou person for generations.”

Chen Carefree patted Yu Xingrui’s shoulder in an ungentlemanly manner, “Then don’t worry about it. With Yu Axe, Han Gui, and …… that Yu Fu, it’s all good.”

Yu Xingrui regretfully said, “It’s just a pity that I probably won’t be able to wait for the day when Junior Master becomes enlightened.”

Chen Careless nodded, “Senior brother is about the same.”

“Senior brother, can I tell you something?”

“You say.”

“How much of a child is Junior Brother nowadays, just the age of sleepiness, where are the elders like you who run to knock on the door every day before dawn?”

“Elder brother ah, are you the Taoist priest in charge of the law on our mountain, or is it elder brother me?”

“……”

“Is there anything else?”

“Yes, the youngest brother is occasionally greedy, and steals some candy canes and other food when interpreting people’s signatures, can you not be so fiery-eyed every time, senior brother? So a little big baby, several times to pick the lamp penalty to copy the scriptures, I look at all heartache, jade axe is every time in the house outside quietly waiting.”

“Oh. Elder brother almost forgot, the youngest disciple is now nominally your disciple’s disciple, the three of you have a strong love affair.”

“Elder brother, this is a bit sour, isn’t it? Haha, I can’t help it, I’ve received a good disciple.”

“Senior brother ah, aren’t you supposed to be on duty at the scripture building today, why do you have the time to chat with senior brother here? Let’s copy the Taoist Teachings Pivot at night.”

“Senior brother! Then you’re still supposed to be ringing the chimes at this time!”

“Haha, I can’t, senior brother is in charge of the precepts of Wudang Mountain.”

“……”

In front of the interpretation booth, Su Shu’s trio had already left, Wei Miao remained in the distance, and the enchanting Miao woman, who had already become a woman, sat on the bench in front of the table with great interest, looked towards the young feudal lord who had already started to close the booth, and said in a broken Chinese official accent, “Little Jun, can you also give me an interpretation of the divination stick?”

Xu Fengnian couldn’t help but say, “This sister, you’ve been married for years, what are you still seeking for marriage?”

She said with a big grin: “Mode of law, my man is not afraid of the world, just afraid that I do not want him, sister has no heart, just want to see if the year married loss.”

Appearance flat and short Wei Miao grin, as a man, and is today’s Jianghu only a handful of great masters of martial arts, the temper is really a good mess.

Xu Fengnian looked at the couple and said firmly, “No need to look, it must be a good sign!”

The Miao woman hesitated and finally gave in.

Wei Miao turned her head to look deeply at Xu Fenian as she left.

Naturally, Xu Fengyen would not move the tables and stools along with them, and he did not intend to ask for that tube of signatures, of course, the small mountain of copper coins, one could be missing!

This is his life-saving money to make up for his mistakes.

Right at this moment, Xu Fengyen was slightly stunned.

A young woman with wooden hairpin and cloth skirt walked slowly, even if her clothes were shabby, even if she was not versed in martial arts, the unique aura that seemed to be tainted with the heavenly family’s aura was unmistakable.

She had a cloth bag on her arm, filled with golden persimmons that had just been picked from the trees.

Xu Fengnian had a bit of a headache.

She was at Wudang Mountain, while Gu Jiantang had just gone up the mountain, in fact, it was out of place for anyone to meet anyone.

One was a princess who had already died of illness in the palace in the court’s history books, and the other was a great pillar state who was loyal to the Liyang Zhao family.

It was Princess Zhao Fengya of Sui Zhu who Shi Shi Shi sat on a bench that was considered to have been closed, and sat opposite him.

Xu Fengyen sat back to his original position and said helplessly, “Why are you here as well.”

She smiled blandly, “To see if I can shake out that head sign.”

Xu Fengyen was about to speak when she had continued, “Where did you hide it, why don’t you bring it out, otherwise how can I shake it out?”

Xu Fengnian shook his sleeve without embarrassment and dropped out a bamboo stick.

She sneered, “Really good at business, in the future, even if you can’t be the king of Northern Liang, you can still be just as rich if you hide in the Central Plains.”

Xu Fengnian laughed twice, “Should I say you have a crow’s mouth, or should I say I borrowed your good advice?”

She said with a cold face, “Sign the cylinder!”

The chirography was not inferior to that year.

Xu Fengnian recognized the money but not the person, “You have a hundred wen?”

She picked up a ripe persimmon from her cloth bag and placed it on the table.

Xu Fengyen stared wide-eyed.

It was not because of the brutality of this former Princess Liyang’s Highness.

Rather, it was the appearance of another princess highness behind Zhao Fengya.

It was only the Princess Royal Highness of the Great Chu of yesteryear.

Zhao Fengya turned her head to look, “Yo, the female sword fairy who likes to fly around and shake her might is here.”

Jiang Nai didn’t have the good sense to say, “What do I need you to care?”

For some reason, Jiang Nai was still not strong enough to face Zhao Fengya, who was supposed to be a fallen phoenix, for this culprit who had once destroyed her vegetable garden, even though she had been the Emperor of Xichu, and even though she was a female Sword Immortal nowadays.

On the fight, when we first met, about the bow and horse familiar with the Sui Zhu Princess Zhao Fengya, a small victory, now Jiang Nai probably can beat down a thousand or eight hundred Zhao Fengya, but the more so, Jiang Nai the more no idea of fighting.

On cursing, probably before now and in the future, Jiang Nai is not Zhao Fengya’s opponent.

Zhao Fengya said bossily, “First come, first served, I’ll shake the sign first!”

Jiang Nai bristled and froze, not daring to speak out in a tit-for-tat manner.

Xu Fengnian sighed and put down the bamboo tube.

Zhao Fengya looked up and said, “Don’t move your hands and feet while shaking the lot!”

Xu Fengyen rolled his eyes and waved his palm, signaling Zhao Fengya to hurry up and shake the sign.

Zhao Fengya picked up the bamboo tube with one hand and casually rotated it a few times, gently wrestling out a bamboo stick, picking it up casually, glancing at it carelessly, then the corner of her mouth curled up, turning her head to look at Jiang Nai, who was clearly much more tense than she was, while slapping down the bamboo stick heavily.

She got up and left, and was actually unkind enough to even take that persimmon along with her.

Only when Zhao Fengya turned around did Jiang Nai sneakily pick up the bamboo stick.

On her beautiful face, shock, aggression, resentment, sadness, one by one appeared.

In the end, she was crying.

Confused, Xu Fenian leaned over and glanced at her.

Xu Fengyen somewhat understood Su Shu’s feelings.

It’s really payback for payback!

At this moment, the stick held in Jiang Nai’s hand, the stick that Zhao Fengya had casually shaken out earlier.

“Good couple? A beautiful couple. What more can a man ask for?”

The first sign!

Xu Fengyen reached out and pressed his forehead hard, speechless.

Oh well, those coins that he had worked so hard to get with all his spittle, it was a complete waste of money.

Xu Fengyen had to be careful, afraid of this poor little mud person in front of him, also come to a “hand”.

As long as she lifted her hand, thatched cottage over the rosewood sword box can be flying out of a big cool dragon bird!

Xu Fengyen couldn’t help but sigh, a little heartbroken.

She scalded her hand generally quickly threw that marriage sign back to the bamboo tube, then turned her head and wiped her face, turned her head again, neither looking at Xu Fengyen nor the sign box, just staring at the heap of copper coins, and softly asked, “Are they all earned by you in the afternoon?”

Xu Fengnian, who was in the midst of mourning, nodded.

Her tone suddenly lightened, “How much is there?”

Xu Fengyen softly said, “It can be quite a lot, if converted into silver, there must be a small hundred taels.”

Her eyes immediately shone with light, her face, which was originally cloudy and rainy and obscure, was radiant.

She raised her head and tentatively asked, “All mine?”

Xu Fengnian held back his laughter, “Of course.”

Xu Fengyen stood up, striking while the iron was hot and handed Jiang Nai a large cloth bag that had been prepared long ago, “You help pocket the money, it will be a bit heavy.”

She nodded her head vigorously, hurriedly got up and walked around the table, stood beside him, after bending down and pulling open the bag with both hands, her eyes were incomparably serious and full of anticipation for the coins to fall into the bag!

Xu Feng Nian crossed his elbow on the table and swept the money into the bag.

The copper coins on the table squeezed the copper coins, the copper coins in the bag knocked the copper coins, all of them clattered.

She laughed with some reserve and subtlety at first, but later on, she did not hide it.

His hand movements do not stop, just secretly turn his head to gaze at the side of her face, looking at that dimple.

The person who likes likes, the world’s first joyful thing.

She couldn’t take her eyes off it and laughed with emotion, “It’s really heavy!”

Xu Fengnian replied, “When we go back later, I’ll carry the bag.”

She nodded vigorously and said, “Uh-huh!”